Improvement in corset-clasps



FERDINAND STRAUS, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

.Lem/rs Para: No. 88,752, dated Apta' o, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET-CLASPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it mwy concern Be it -known that I, FERDINAND STRAUS, of NewYork, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in' Corsetm Steel or Olasps; and I do hereby declarethat the fol- ,lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, vand to the letters ofreference marked thereon, Which form a part of this specication, and inwhich- Figure 1 represents a rear View;

Figure 2, a sideview and Figure 3, a front View of my corset-steel orclasps.

Similar letters indicate like parts' in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists inthe employ- `ment of doublesteels, the outer one of which is secured at its ends to ferrules, whilethe inner one is made a little shorter, and its ends slid in the'errules, both steels being secured together at their centres, andoperating substantially as hereinafter set forth.

.Io enable others skilled in the art to which my in- .ventionappertains, to make and use the same, I will now describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings A A represent the outer steels, the ends ofwhich are secured to the ferrules a a a.

B B represent the inner steels, which are made a little shorter than theouter steels, and their ends slid in the ferrules a a a, as seen in fig.2.

' The upper and lower steels are then secured together at their centresby the pi /b, and the rivets of the een tre'button (l on thesteeEl (Z dd represent buttons, made as seen in fig. 3, and riveted to the outersteel A.

b b b are pins riveted to the outer steel A, to receive the buttons. Itwill be seen that by constructing steels for corsets in this way theyare not easily broken, for there are no holes in the inner steels, whichmakes it much' stronger, and it is throughout double, which is not thecase with the steels now in use.

It will also be seen that by not securing the ends of the inside steels,and by making, them a Little shorter than the outside steels, they willgive, when pressure is brought upon the steels, and thereby prevent thesame from breaking.

I am aware of the existence of H. N. Shermaus patent of January 22,1869, and therefore lay no claim to any feature therein secured; but IWhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The clasps a a, constructed with open ends, in combination with thesprings A B, said springs being secured together at or near theircentres, so as to allow the ends of the outside Spring to slide freelyin the clasps, thus avoiding the danger of breaking, substantially asdescribed.

.In testimony that I claim the foregoing as iny own, I aix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND STRAUS.

Witnesses:

A. S. WORTH, T. H. ALEXANDER.

